[DOWNLOAD] "State V. Heath" by Kansas Supreme Court ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Heath
- Author : Kansas Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 17, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
Description
Two-year-old Cain Baker died from internal bleeding caused by blunt trauma. Glenn A. Heath, Jr., the live-in boyfriend of Cain's mother, was charged with and convicted of first-degree felony murder and abuse of a child. He appeals, claiming that: (1) his convictions of both felony murder and the underlying felony of abuse of a child constitute double jeopardy and violate his due process rights; (2) the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offenses of involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, and battery; (3) the trial court erred in allowing the county coroner to testify regarding battered child syndrome; (4) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of prior abuse of Cain; (5) he is entitled to a new trial based upon prosecutorial misconduct; (6) the trial court erred in failing to remove two potential jurors from the panel for cause; (7) the trial court erred in permitting Cain's mother to be present during the trial; (8) the trial court erred in failing to suppress the defendant's statements to detectives; (9) the trial court erred in imposing a departure sentence for abuse of a child and running such sentence consecutive to the sentence for first-degree felony murder; and (10) the cumulative trial errors denied him a fair trial. Because of the fact-sensitive nature of some of the alleged errors it is necessary to set forth a detailed statement of the case.